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The cost of Austin crime lab failure reaches $6.5 – $14 million estimates
Regardless of the politicians assurances, this taxpayer cost will surely go up to include whatever additional legal costs that occur over the propose next five years. Its 12 years worth of crime lab cases. So far, no one has blamed … Continue reading
It’s a good start. The $2 drug tests are great for law enforcement drug warriors, but not much good for anyone else.
More Prosecutors Refuse To Accept Guilty Pleas Based On Faulty $2 Field Drug Tests Latest on cheapo, error prone drug tests apparently going south in Oregon. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20161206/15130336213/more-prosecutors-refuse-to-accept-guilty-pleas-based-faulty-2-field-drug-tests.shtml
We are entering the Twilight Zone: Bitemarks can now prove innocence?
No one escapes the Twilight Zone. The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. The episodes are in various genres, including psychological horror………. The Politics of Forensics in the US is Alive and Well. Here are … Continue reading
Judges receive Science Commission training about junk bitemarks
There is more non-science flim-flam being praised in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania (pictured above). The bitemarkers’ attack once again. I’m sure the judge needs some help figuring things out. Short Backstory Texas hit the news this year in its de-listing … Continue reading
Crim Law: Proposed statutes to counteract use of flawed forensics
Statutory triggers to require audits of tainted crime lab evidence Vigorous affirmative efforts to notify clients of the unreliable forensic evidence Meaningful access to discovery including transcripts, lab notes, etc. Allowing DNA testing when samples are available in a case … Continue reading
The Nor Cal Innocence Project’s costs to cleanup ONE wrongful conviction
Of course, many DAs in this state do not believe that such things like convicting the innocent occurs. That’s the direct implication of their successful death penalty bill that won 52-48 percent of CA voters. Read the numbers about how … Continue reading
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Taking decades to uncover lost DNA: California will execute in 5 years
Needle-in-a-haystack hunt for evidence in old Virginia murder case required endurance, luck But what may prove the toughest obstacle was overcome two years ago by a private investigator and a persistent University of Virginia Hospital employee who scaled warehouse ladders … Continue reading
Read about the last $$ spent on bitemark research- A waste of $700K
The now lame-duck President’s Council on Sci Tech tried to lay this junk to rest in 2016. The NIJ funded $700K in 2006 to have these two guys study pig skin bitemarks and to make something called “Tom’s toolbox.” http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-05-14-3530693888_x.htm
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Forensics and Law: Justice reform and litigation – WrongConvBlog
(NY) The Wall Street Journal: For Victims’ Families, the Torment of Exoneration… Forensics Forum (blog): Forensics and Fallibility… The New York Times: Facing Death, Brooklyn District Attorney Spoke of Doing What ‘Is Right’… The Intercept: 25 Years After Junk Science … Continue reading
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